Since the early '90s, David Icke was writing about the New World Order, Illuminati, and the plan to impose a One World government, one world army, and microchipped population—he was Alex Jones before Alex Jones. Icke says this agenda is evident and unfolding, when looking back from the past 25 years of news and history, including 9/11, the War in Iraq, War on Terror, and more.

Icke’s research evolved from literal world events to uncover what he calls the "Hidden Hand." Central questions are: Who is controlling the System, how are they doing it and why? Icke’s books also dive into the rabbit hole to explore nature of reality itself. His most far-out and controversial theory is that a race of extra-terrestrial, interdimensional, non-human entities, known as reptilians have been a covert part of controlling human society since antiquity through human hybrid DNA bloodlines.

Taking two hours to speak with the OC Weekly in an intimate interview at the Irvine Marriott before his 12-hour presentation last weekend as part of his 2016 World Tour, Icke spoke about George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel, 1984, how his work parallels the film The Matrix, the connection between these non human entities, Satanism and pedophilia, and how mainstream science is slowly beginning to validate some of these "far out" concepts about reality.

OC Weekly (Alex Distefano): Tell us about George Orwell’s 1984, and how you think it was more than just a novel.

David Icke: George Orwell, whose real name was Eric Blair, knew Aldous Huxley. They were both insiders to this agenda, and had deep connections to the Elites and this knowledge at the time. Both of their books, 1984, and Brave New World together sum up what this agenda is. Much of what is written in those books is actually happening today. Orwell describes Big Brother in detail, and things like Skype, Smart phones, Smart TVs, exploiting terrorism, fear and brainwashing to control the public, and more. These people were not just writing novels, these were warnings of a grim future.

Tell us about how your research parallels the plot line of the Hollywood film, The Matrix?

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In the movie, when Morpheus holds up a battery and says to Neo they turn humans into one of ‘these,’ that is very symbolically true. We are a source of energy to these non-human entities I’ve been researching.

The Matrix was a technologically generated dream world all of humanity was locked into, created by artificial intelligence working through machines. That’s really what I am saying. We live in a hologram generated by and manipulated by these non-human entities. They have put us into a dream world we think is real but it’s all just a simulation.

What does mainstream science have to say about these ideas?

Quantum Physics and mainstream science is beginning to validate these concepts. Just in the past few years there have been scientific papers and studies from scientists in India, Japan, the US and more, asking whether data could show this Universe is just a projection or a hologram.

MIT Scientist and Cosmetologist Max Tegmark recently said that the physics of computer games and our reality are the same. I almost have to pinch myself sometimes. I have been saying this for many years. We had a seminar in New York this past April, where top scientists from places like MIT, and Harvard discussed whether our Universe could be a simulation.

People like Ray Kurzweil at Google are saying that they want humans - through brain implants and nano technology - to be connected to the ‘Cloud’ by 2030. This is the equivalent of being plugged into the ‘Matrix.’ This is all insanity. It’s like I'm reading a movie script, but it’s all real and taken from the headlines. The purpose is to connect all human minds to this cloud, so eventually there will be no human free thought in this world left, making us biological computer terminals.

How does Satanism and pedophilia connect to your research?

Satanism is real. The "gods" these people worship are these non-human entities. It is all about energy, and these people perform rituals all over the world. All the chants, candles, sounds and colors they use is manipulating frequency to create gateways, for these entities to appear.

These entities resonate within the low frequency band of emotions like fear, pain, terror and suffering, and this is why society and world events are structured to generate all these emotions to maximum levels.

What these entities need most is the energy of children. When you connect this back to the ancient world stories about sacrificing young virgins to the gods, it all connects literally. I’ve been quite known in the UK for exposing elite pedophiles in politics, business; the reason there is such a high ratio of pedophiles of people in power around the world is because these entities literally possess these people, and trigger a desire for sex with children to draw off the child victim’s energy.

DO you have hope for the future?:

Yes, if I didn’t I would be doing it! There is hope for humanity. I’ve been researching, writing books and traveling the world for 26 years now and people are finally waking up and I went from talking to small groups like in a pub years ago, to now speaking in front of thousands of people around the world. It’s amazing to see all the young people in the audience. We had ages ranging from 13 to 90 at our recent events.

I hope that people question everything including what I am saying. Don’t let anyone else tell you what to think. Construct your own reality not someone else’s. Take what makes sense to you leave what doesn’t, this is all about human freedom to question and think with an open mind.

Alex Distefano is a freelance writer/music blogger from the Los Angeles area. With over a dozen years under his belt as a published Journalist, he covers the worlds of heavy metal music, punk rock, current events, cannabis culture, comedy, food, the paranormal, and 'conspiracy theories'. He graduated from California State University Long Beach, in 2012 with a Bachelor’s Degree in both Journalism and Ancient History, and also works in Education, and as an Uber/Lyft driver.